J. W. Curran

Interaction between rifabutin and human immunodeficiency virus type 1: inhibition of replication, cytopathic effect, and reverse transcriptase in vitro.

Anand, R, Moore, J L, Curran, J W, Srinivasan, A

Rifabutin (ansamycin; LM427), a semisynthetic rifamycin derivative, inhibits the replication of human immunodeficiency virus type 1, the virus etiologically linked to acquired immunodeficiency...

Accuracy of presumptive criteria for culture diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in low-prevalence populations of women.

Smeltzer, M P, Curran, J W, Brown, S T, Pass, J

The accuracy of presumptive criteria for identification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae was assessed in two separate populations of women with a low prevalence of gonorrhea. Of the presumptively positive...

Genomic diversity of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome retroviruses is reflected in alteration of its translational products.

Devare, S G, Srinivasan, A, Bohan, C A, Spira, T J, Curran, J W, Kalyanaraman, V S

We have isolated retroviruses from six acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and three lymphadenopathy syndrome (LAS) patients by cocultivation of patients' lymphocytes with...

Prevention of AIDS and HIV infection: needs and priorities for epidemiologic research.

Allen, J R, Curran, J W

By the end of 1987, almost 50,000 cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) will have been reported in the United States. Although the primary epidemiology of the disease has been described,...

An overview of the effectiveness and efficiency of HIV prevention programs.

Holtgrave, D R, Qualls, N L, Curran, J W, Valdiserri, R O, Guinan, M E, Parra, W C

Because of the enormity of the HIV-AIDS epidemic and the urgency for preventing transmission, HIV prevention programs are a high priority for careful and timely evaluations. Information on program...

Review of death certificates to assess completeness of AIDS case reporting.

Hardy, A M, Starcher, E T, Morgan, W M, Druker, J, Kristal, A, Day, J M, ...

To assess the level of reporting of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases, the authors reviewed death certificates for periods of 3 months during July through December 1985 in each of four...

Monitoring the levels and trends of HIV infection: the Public Health Service's HIV surveillance program.

Dondero, T J, Pappaioanou, M, Curran, J W

A comprehensive, multifaceted approach to HIV surveillance is needed to provide the information necessary for public health management and policy. Because HIV infection is not readily or uniformly...

The family of HIV seroprevalence surveys: objectives, methods, and uses of sentinel surveillance for HIV in the United States.

Pappaioanou, M, Dondero, T J, Petersen, L R, Onorato, I M, Sanchez, C D, Curran, J W

During 1987-89, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in collaboration with State and local health departments, other Federal agencies, blood collection agencies, and medical research institutions,...

Communicating surveillance, epidemiologic, and laboratory information on HIV infection and AIDS.

Greenspan, A L, Curran, J W

As the epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has evolved over the past 10 years, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has been at the...

Self-reported behavior patterns of patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic.

Kramer, M A, Aral, S O, Curran, J W

Records of the sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic visits of 12,728 patients in Columbus, Ohio were analyzed to better understand the behavior patterns of these patients. Among heterosexual...

Risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in homosexual men.

Darrow, W W, Echenberg, D F, Jaffe, H W, O'Malley, P M, Byers, R H, Getchell, J P, ...

To clarify risk factors for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) we selected at random 785 homosexual men who had participated in studies of hepatitis B in San Francisco in 1978-80...

AIDS in bisexual men in the United States: epidemiology and transmission to women.

Chu, S Y, Peterman, T A, Doll, L S, Buehler, J W, Curran, J W

BACKGROUND. Homosexual and bisexual men with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) differ, and bisexual men play an important role in the sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...

Commentary: condoms and HIV/STD prevention--clarifying the message.

Roper, W L, Peterson, H B, Curran, J W

In the United States and throughout the world, the majority of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections are sexually transmitted. an estimated 12 million other sexually transmitted diseases...

Perspectives on HIV/AIDS epidemiology and prevention from the Eighth International Conference on AIDS.

Castro, K G, Valdiserri, R O, Curran, J W

The Eighth International AIDS Symposium in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, provided updated scientific and programmatic information on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency...

Interaction between rifabutin and human immunodeficiency virus type 1: inhibition of replication, cytopathic effect, and reverse transcriptase in vitro.

Anand, R, Moore, J L, Curran, J W, Srinivasan, A

Rifabutin (ansamycin; LM427), a semisynthetic rifamycin derivative, inhibits the replication of human immunodeficiency virus type 1, the virus etiologically linked to acquired immunodeficiency...

Accuracy of presumptive criteria for culture diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in low-prevalence populations of women.

Smeltzer, M P, Curran, J W, Brown, S T, Pass, J

The accuracy of presumptive criteria for identification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae was assessed in two separate populations of women with a low prevalence of gonorrhea. Of the presumptively positive...

Genomic diversity of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome retroviruses is reflected in alteration of its translational products.

Devare, S G, Srinivasan, A, Bohan, C A, Spira, T J, Curran, J W, Kalyanaraman, V S

We have isolated retroviruses from six acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and three lymphadenopathy syndrome (LAS) patients by cocultivation of patients' lymphocytes with...

Prevention of AIDS and HIV infection: needs and priorities for epidemiologic research.

Allen, J R, Curran, J W

By the end of 1987, almost 50,000 cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) will have been reported in the United States. Although the primary epidemiology of the disease has been described,...

An overview of the effectiveness and efficiency of HIV prevention programs.

Holtgrave, D R, Qualls, N L, Curran, J W, Valdiserri, R O, Guinan, M E, Parra, W C

Because of the enormity of the HIV-AIDS epidemic and the urgency for preventing transmission, HIV prevention programs are a high priority for careful and timely evaluations. Information on program...

Review of death certificates to assess completeness of AIDS case reporting.

Hardy, A M, Starcher, E T, Morgan, W M, Druker, J, Kristal, A, Day, J M, ...

To assess the level of reporting of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases, the authors reviewed death certificates for periods of 3 months during July through December 1985 in each of four...

Monitoring the levels and trends of HIV infection: the Public Health Service's HIV surveillance program.

Dondero, T J, Pappaioanou, M, Curran, J W

A comprehensive, multifaceted approach to HIV surveillance is needed to provide the information necessary for public health management and policy. Because HIV infection is not readily or uniformly...

The family of HIV seroprevalence surveys: objectives, methods, and uses of sentinel surveillance for HIV in the United States.

Pappaioanou, M, Dondero, T J, Petersen, L R, Onorato, I M, Sanchez, C D, Curran, J W

During 1987-89, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in collaboration with State and local health departments, other Federal agencies, blood collection agencies, and medical research institutions,...

Communicating surveillance, epidemiologic, and laboratory information on HIV infection and AIDS.

Greenspan, A L, Curran, J W

As the epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has evolved over the past 10 years, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has been at the...

Self-reported behavior patterns of patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic.

Kramer, M A, Aral, S O, Curran, J W

Records of the sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic visits of 12,728 patients in Columbus, Ohio were analyzed to better understand the behavior patterns of these patients. Among heterosexual...

Risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in homosexual men.

Darrow, W W, Echenberg, D F, Jaffe, H W, O'Malley, P M, Byers, R H, Getchell, J P, ...

To clarify risk factors for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) we selected at random 785 homosexual men who had participated in studies of hepatitis B in San Francisco in 1978-80...

AIDS in bisexual men in the United States: epidemiology and transmission to women.

Chu, S Y, Peterman, T A, Doll, L S, Buehler, J W, Curran, J W

BACKGROUND. Homosexual and bisexual men with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) differ, and bisexual men play an important role in the sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...

Commentary: condoms and HIV/STD prevention--clarifying the message.

Roper, W L, Peterson, H B, Curran, J W

In the United States and throughout the world, the majority of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections are sexually transmitted. an estimated 12 million other sexually transmitted diseases...

Perspectives on HIV/AIDS epidemiology and prevention from the Eighth International Conference on AIDS.

Castro, K G, Valdiserri, R O, Curran, J W

The Eighth International AIDS Symposium in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, provided updated scientific and programmatic information on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency...

The role of the urban community hospital in gonorrhoea surveillance.

Rendtorff, R C, Curran, J W, Chandler, R W, Glassco, S, Wiser, L

In a progressive surveillance programme designed to detect gonococcal infection in females, 113,063 women were screened for gonorrhoea in Memphis-Shelby County, Tennessee, during a 2-year period. The...